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About ten years ago, Lex van Doorn swapped the vibrant life of Amsterdam for the peaceful daily routine on a houseboat in Nieuwersluis near Utrecht. "I grew up in Utrecht," the boat owner begins the story of his move to the water. Even as a child, living on a houseboat fascinated him.
Only five inhabited houseboats lie on the calm river. One of them belongs to van Doorn, who has made it home for himself and his son Bo. "The element of water has accompanied me all my life. I went to sea a lot and worked as a deep-sea diver for a while," says the 51-year-old, who works in shipbuilding. "So no one was really surprised when I told them about my plans to move to a houseboat," he adds with a laugh.

To find out more about the house and its design, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Located in the northeast of Mallorca and near the "Parc natural de la península de Llevant", architect Antoni Esteva and builder Jaume Danus designed . All the materials used in the retreat are natural: the floor is covered with Mallorcan limestone, the walls are made of natural stone and support a lime plaster, room dividers made of organic h**p ropes hang in the door frame, curtains and pillows are made of linen, carpets are made of wool, furniture and lighting are self-designed. The hotel's design thus joins its overall concept, which focuses on the connection between people and nature.

To find out more about the project, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Under the motto "Surrounded by nature, joy in your heart. Far away from everything, but very close to you", the two brothers Matteo and Gian Carlo Primatesta transformed a former agricultural settlement into vacation apartments with attached gastronomy. The is situated above the Lago D’Orta between vineyards and chestnut woods in a park-like garden. Between the individual houses, which are furnished in a functional and Ikea-like manner - each with a kitchen for self-catering - and the restaurant with a panoramic terrace in front, the architects' complex also offers a kitchen garden where some of the vegetables for the restaurant - under the direction of Matteo Monfrinotti - grow.

To find out more about the project, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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"The pandemic experience has led people to want variable furniture and spaces that can adapt to their use throughout the day. Entrances with bookshelves that become a study when the children are at school. Kitchens with a work desk and Internet connection," explains architect , who designed this apartment with designer .frana for a family in Milan. Together they are .studio , known for discretion and substance, for example, in the choice of color, which is only used thoughtfully in form of chosen accents here. "We opted for museum-quality white as a neutral background for the furnishings. This, however, with strong color interventions. That includes the dark parquet flooring, which makes the rooms look even more dramatic," Frana says. "They already had a scenographic personality. Actually, it was the house itself that commanded our respect with its furnishing details." The early Art Deco style provided the inspiration to turn the theatricality of the architecture into a kind of stage.

To find out more about the project, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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The works of the Bucharest-born artist MARIA SCHUMACHER] with a studio in Leipzig move between abstract painting and figurative abstraction. That was different in the beginning. But: Leipzig and not figurative? Almost a break with tradition ... "I can explain that very well," answers the painter. "While I was studying with Neo Rauch, it was very much about painterly skill, about virtuosity, about composition - not painting from a photo if possible, but freely from the imagination. And at that time, I was indeed interested in such themes. Mystically charged and psychologically dense. It was about finding pictorial equivalents for complex inner states." Today, Schumacher's canvases show the opposite of what Rauch preached. The painter counters his realism with free forms and lines that dance and interact across the surface.

To find out more about her work, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Vicenza. UNESCO cultural heritage. Numerous Renaissance buildings by Andrea Palladio. Just a stone's throw from Venice. And in the middle of it all, two passionate creatives who gifted themselves with this early 20th-century retreat. "We have been looking for an apartment in this style for a very long time. The house caught our eye while walking through our neighborhood. It's on a street with other buildings from the early 1900s," , who lives here with her partner , explains. "We liked all the elements typical of this house, the doors and windows, the herringbone parquet, the stucco details, and the Palladiana floor. It was also important for us that the rooms were wide and bright, and the ceilings were high."
To ensure that architecture and interior would be a perfect match, Bartolomeo and Tamiozzo sought advice from the interior designer and friend . The final result of this project awaits you in issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Casa Etérea] , with its mirrored facade, is located near San Miguel de Allende, a small town about 150 miles north of Mexico City, on a plateau beneath the peaks of the Los Picachos Mountains. "The low population density in the mountains and the fact that vehicles can only get to a certain point have preserved an extraordinary biodiversity, including hawks, rattlesnakes, white-tailed deer, and mountain lions," says .ashoka , the creator behind Casa Etérea. "The vision was to create a stage for nature. So the theme of sustainability was critical to really fully integrate the project with the environment." To find out how this theme ultimately affected the design of the house, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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The Athens-based design studio has created a setting for the Italian jewelry label that breaks with the usual (design) clichés of the Greek vacation island of Mykonos. The typical Cycladic façade of the building, located in a small alley of the island's capital, does not even hint at what is hidden inside: light blue tiles, beach balls, red and white striped upholstery, lockers and a pool ladder on the wall are meant to evoke a surreal summer feeling. Mirrors, pillows, display cases, display cones, and cylinders serve as both practical elements and conceptual props that underscore the pool concept.

To find out more about the project, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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In recent years, digital fashion has become a growing industry. One of the global players among digital fashion producers is based in Amsterdam and is called The Fabricant] . The company specializes in photorealistic 3D fashion design and animation. "Our work is at the intersection of fashion and technology, creating digital couture and fashion experiences," Michaela Larosse, who works in Creative Strategy & Communication for The Fabricant, explains. "Kerry Murphy founded the company in 2018, originally coming from a digital effects background, so he had the expertise. All creative industries, especially photography, music, and film, have one thing in common: their already very strong digital culture. It's just that the fashion industry has hardly participated in it so far. Kerry saw this gap as an opportunity and recognized what was technically possible. Before founding The Fabricant, however, he had to do two years of research and development to create a business model. That was the hard part." His co-founder, Amber Slooten, on the other hand, brought the aesthetic and technical components on board as a fashion designer by training.

To find out more about the brand and the world of digital fashion, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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How wonderfully art and ceramics complement each other in public spaces was recently demonstrated by the inauguration of "Mind the gap," a permanent installation realized exclusively for the metro station "Vittoria" in Brescia by the ceramic company and the French artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. It is part of the exhibition "Subbrixia," a project promoted by UBI Fondazione CAB, running since 2015. The exhibition, organized by the Municipality of Brescia and local transport companies under the curatorial direction of the publishing house Nero, stages the 17 stations of the Brescia subway as a journey through contemporary art.

To find out more about the project, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Perhaps you have flown from Germany to the Canary Islands before and were lucky enough to have a window seat on the plane from which you could see the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. One look at them is enough to get an idea of the magnificence of the landscape characterized by wilderness and unique rock formations. That is where the Kasbah du Toubkal] was established at an altitude of 1820 meters. Located in the village of Imlil, just 60 kilometers from Marrakech, the hotel aims to introduce guests to the fascinating world of Toubkal National Park, which stretches along the flanks of Jbel Toubkal - the highest mountain in North Africa at 4,167 meters.

To find out more about this and other hotels, check out issue 03/2022 of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Ab heute ist die WOHN!DESIGN 03/2022 am Kiosk erhältlich. Das Thema? After Covid. Wir widmeten uns der Zeit nach der Pandemie und fragten uns wie Corona unsere Leben und das Thema Wohnen verändert hat. In der Einrichtungsbranche, zum Beispiel, löste Covid-19 einen wahren Boom aus. Viele von uns investierten ihr Urlaubsbudget in Haus, Wohnung und Garten. Dafür entschieden weniger Geld in Klamotten. – Die Fashion-Branche knickte coronabedingt ein, Ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel. Warum geben einige von uns viel für ein digitales Outfit aus? Sehr spannend, genauso wie die zunehmende Digitalisierung an sich. Doch keine Reaktion ohne Gegentrend. Längst suchen wir vermehrt nach authentischen Erlebnissen, nach haptisch Greifbarem, nach Einzigartigem. Eine Renaissance des Handwerks ist schon länger wahrnehmbar, doch die letzten beiden Jahre haben ihren Flow noch verstärkt. Das gilt genauso für Kunst.

Konnten wir Ihr Interesse wecken? Die neue Ausgabe der WOHN!DESIGN erwartet Sie ab sofort am Kiosk und auf wohndesign.de.

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As of today WOHN!DESIGN 03/2022 is available at kiosks. The theme? After Covid. We dedicated the new issue to the time after the pandemic and asked ourselves how Corona changed our lives and the way we live. In the home furnishings industry for instance, Covid-19 triggered a real boom. Many of us invested our vacation budget in our house, apartment, and garden. In return less money was spent on clothes, with some exceptions. Why do some of us spend a lot on digital outfits? Very exciting, just like the increasing digitization itself. But: there’s a countertrend. For a long time now, we've been increasingly looking for authentic experiences, for something tangible. A renaissance of artistry has been perceptible for some time, but the last two years have intensified this development. The same applies to art.

Sounds interesting? The new issue of WOHN!DESIGN is now available at newsstands and on wohndesign.de.

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Montebuglio is located in the Piedmont hills between Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore. It's one of those villages that you can't quite tell if they're in the mountains or on the water - if they've remained rural or if notable industries from the region have opened them up to the modern world. "Originally, I was looking for an archive for my works. But when Stefania and I saw this place, we knew immediately that this would become our home, our project. Even though we live mainly in Milan, the history of this building offers so many overlaps that we immediately felt part of this whole," explains , who found a second home here in Piedmont with his wife, . To find out more about the building's long history, check out the new WOHN!DESIGN 03/2022, available from tomorrow at newsstands and on wohndesign.de.

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Between Germany and the Caribbean, there is plenty of scope for adventures big and small. We now present some of them to you in the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition. Among them is the . The Resort & Spa is located in the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve, about 20 kilometers northwest of Cottbus and 110 kilometers from Berlin. "The theme of living and suites is really special here: everything is selected by the owners themselves ... Fabrics, antiques, the woodwork is from the regional master carpenter and so on," Dorett Auerswald, press contact of the "Bleiche," explains. To find out more about the accommodation, check out WOHN!DESIGN.

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Virtual Reality: Welcome to the new trend in product photography. What gives brands like ROYAL BOTANIA] the impetus for these kinds of compositions? "Well, we decided to do it because, for a photo shoot, you have to hire a villa, actors, workers, and transportation, which is quite expensive and time-consuming," answers Pieter van Puyvelde, marketing manager of the Belgian brand. "And then you have to be lucky with the weather. Three years ago, we had everything set up when it started raining for three days. We didn't end up with a single shot." Accordingly, the ecological footprint was quite large. "This kind of transportation has an impact on our planet. Now we combine our shoots and compose ideal images from real photos and renderings. With these renderings, you can choose everything: The weather, the fabrics, the location, the size of the terraces, and it still looks super realistic. You can make our furniture look like it's in all kinds of different environments. The only thing we can't render is the people." Find out how Corona also contributed to this digitization in the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition.

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The infinity of space. Until today our knowledge of it barely reaches beyond our solar system. Yes, space is expanding. But time and widths lie beyond our understanding ... We see and observe that some stars lose radiance and finally disappear, dark matter swallows the planets around it. In other places, new suns emerge, and with them, perhaps, new life.
With its latest service, "Soleil d'Hermès", the luxury label lets new fixed stars shine in the porcelain universe. It consists of a total of 24 pieces and combines shades of yellow, with white surfaces. It was created by the designer and illustrator Arielle de Brichambaut, who developed the service together with Benoît-Pierre Emery, the creative director of La Table Hermès.

For more new tableware designs, check out the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition.

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The Croatian coastline stretches over 5,664 kilometers. That puts it in 42nd place out of 147 in a global comparison. And wherever you stop along this coast, everywhere you still discover small, hidden coves. In one of them, Maslinica Bay, on the island of Hvar, opened in the summer of 2020. "Mindful Luxury" and harmony with nature are the guiding principles of the hotel’s interior designed by . The rooms, suites, and villas are decorated in warm colors and based on natural and regional materials such as terracotta, wood, stone, and copper, designed to create a contemporary and warm atmosphere.

Learn more about the project in the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition.

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Just last October, Craig Pearce, a passionate designer and furniture maker, launched his first product: a compact wood-heated hot tub. His brand, , is based in Vancouver on Canada's west coast and is dedicated to the development and manufacture of design-led products for outdoor living. Inspired by the power of everyday rituals, each of the designs is supposed to encourage people to pause and connect with nature by stimulating all of their senses. "The products we design are not just about the reward afterward. It's mostly about creating meaningful rituals that prioritize our own well-being over productivity and allow us to take a break," Pearce explains.

Learn more about the label in the outdoor supplement of the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition.

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The rooms of 'Eremo di Montevergine' owe their current look to a project by architect , who, like the owners, was enchanted by the charm of the former monastery. "It was important to me to revive the soul of the place," he explains. "The volumes of each room should emphasize the structure of the house." His 'interventions' have a decorative effect and reveal the building’s spirit. "This is not formal architecture. The lava rock terraces, the stairs that lead along the hillside to breathtaking viewpoints, and then the historic core of the house that has changed over time. The design had to reconcile all of that," Dell'Uva says. His approach is both minimalist and decorative.
Read more about the building and its long history in the WOHN!DESIGN summer edition.

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"We thought Tulum was so special that we wanted to give something back to the place," says Alexander Landsberg, who founded with Eduardo Valdes in 2018.
With "Liana," the two creatives laid the foundation for their vision and future projects. "We wanted to create an architectural work that resembles a modern ruin, a mystical building with simple, clean lines that blends into the landscape yet stands out." For the duo, it was important that each unit feels more like a house and not a cramped apartment. "We're not fans of apartment houses, so we wanted each apartment to look and feel different," Valdes says.

To find out more about this project, check out the WOHN!DESIGN summer edition.

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The architecture of Buster Delin's Summer House, reminiscent in parts of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, opens onto three sides of the landscape. Only the back is made of massive granite stones that were already part of this riverside landscape. "A century ago, these stones were transported here by horse-drawn carts and then hoisted by hand into their predetermined place," says Delin, who shares more than just a memory with this place: "My grandfather loved to have family gatherings and picnics here, so it still feels like quite a magical place to me today," he says. A look inside "Lundnäs," as Delin called his summer home after its location, awaits you in the WOHN!DESIGN Summer Edition.

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As part of the Tropenhaus am Rennsteig] project, Ralf Schmitt and his creative team at the Tropical House in Kleintettau, Upper Franconia, are researching, for example, the conditions under which tropical and subtropical plants such as passion fruit, jackfruit, papaya, star fruit, turmeric, but also coffee and cocoa, can be cultivated optimally and as climate-neutrally as possible in our latitudes and what nutrients are needed to supply them. The whole process should, of course, be resource-friendly and comply with the circular economy system. That is possible, for example, if you have the right neighbors. The 3,500-square-meter greenhouse is heated and fed with hot water from the glass factory within sight.

To find out more about the project, check out the WOHN!DESIGN summer issue.

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The Moretti family's property stretches over an entire hill overlooking the Lago d’Iseo. - - , who studied architecture in Mendrisio, grew up here. So the choice for her own small family's domicile could hardly be more apt. "The idea for the house came from a desire to put down roots and create a personal space on the hill where my whole family lives and where some of our holding's facilities are located," she says. "For my house, I chose a very specific spot. It's the place where I played as a child and where I built a small house out of what I found playing in the woods," Valentina Moretti recalls, continuing, "in addition to this connection to childhood, when choosing the location, I also thought about how the house would best fit in with the surrounding landscape and with the family homes already on the hill." To learn more about the the project's final outcome, check out the Summer Edition of WOHN!DESIGN.

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Nyons is a small town in the Drôme Département of southern France, where time seems to stand still at first sight. A place where the last weaving mill of its kind is located: La Scourtinerie] . Since the end of the 19th century, coconut fiber mats have been produced here, which were used in olive oil presses at the time. "The weaving mill has hardly changed since it was founded in 1882 until the sixties," says Sophie Villeneuve-Fert, the fifth generation to run La Scourtinerie and lead it into the digital age. You can find out what this path to the digital world ultimately looked like in the summer edition of WOHN!DESIGN.

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She studied architecture, moved from Hamburg via Berlin to Zurich, and is now happily "stranded" in Munich with her husband and children. For several years now, Insa Lachauer has been advising families on interior, color, and furniture concepts. In 2016, she started her blog Insa | The Salonette] in the spirit of the former salonnières, mostly wealthy ladies of aristocratic origin who regularly invited to convivial salon rounds and liked to act as hosts. "I always focused on themes such as parties, family celebrations, and table decorations. That's why the name "Salonette" came about quite nicely for me at the time," Lachauer explains. The theme eventually developed further and led to her own small salon rounds - to which the table culture lover invited guests to her home - and later also to her own collection. In WOHN!DESIGN, she shares her tips for a successful outdoor table.

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French designer makes use of landscapes and scenarios that seem surreal and leave no doubt about where we are: in a fantasy world. They serve as a setting for her designs, which are created for her own label , but equally for other companies such as ‘The Invisible Collection.’ "I try to design objects that are like sculptures in our everyday life. With my new collection, I am exploring the connections between fantasy, reality and the digital world. In doing so, I'm driven by the desire to infuse poetry into the home to create moments of relaxation. We work more at home. The digital revolution has abruptly changed that."

To find out more about the work of the designer, check out our WOHN!DESIGN summer issue.

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As CEO of the Swedish company Michael Hellgren helps flora reclaim its place in the big city. It all started with Patric Blanc, an expert in garden architecture. "While studying to be a landscape architect, I read an article about his installation at the Pershing Hall Hotel in Paris. The wildness of the vegetation inspired me. It created a completely different ambience and somehow felt more alive than the kind of planting I was confronted with at university," Hellgren says. As a result, he produced a study on vertical gardens, a subject that was only sketchily explored at the time (2003). Just one year later, he founded his own company. Read more about it in the WOHN!DESIGN summer issue.

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Although the name "Candy Wrapper" already suggests that ‘s designs hold a sweet secret, one has to look twice to uncover it: The rugs are made of 80% virgin wool and 20% old candy wrappers, not only contributing to their color scheme and texture but also introducing a new way to recycle. Each piece is hand-woven in India and is therefore unique.

To find out more about the design, check out our summer edition.

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This villa in Los Angeles bears the signature of a star of the organic architecture movement: John Lautner (1911-1994) who designed it in 1963. After James Goldstein bought it in the early 1970s, it became the setting for many films, music videos and photoshoots. The motto for the villa’s design: no boundaries between inside and outside. The theme was perfected with huge glass fronts, as well as open sliding doors that create an outdoor feeling. In addition, the transparency of the rooms strongly emphasizes the contrast between the concrete wall and the forest outside.

To find out more about the project, check out our summer edition.

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Designed by , the new hotel is located in the ‘Golden Triangle,’ the luxury and haute couture hotspot in the area of the Avenues des Champs- Elysées, George V, and Montaigne. Citterio conceptualized a new kind of hotel experience, where Italian hospitality is supposed to meet Bvlgari's jewel heritage and the history of the "Ville Lumiere." The result is 76 rooms and suites, one of them the Bvlgari Penthouse, a nearly 400-square-meter apartment with its own 569-square-meter panoramic rooftop garden that allows views of all the capital's famous landmarks. The apartment, as well as all rooms, suites, and public areas, were furnished by B&B Italia and Maxalto.

To find out more about the project, check out the supplement in our summer edition.

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Spread over four small villages around the medieval town of Viens - between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence - the total of eight vacation domiciles under the umbrella of Les Hameaux Des Davids] are part of the biodynamic country and wine estate , which dates back to the 16th century. The 100-hectare estate is surrounded by orchards and gardens and has twenty hectares of vineyards. It currently produces eleven organic wines.
The "hameaux" are traditional houses in typical Provençal style.

To find out more about the estate, check out our summer edition.

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‘s work is present internationally. Thus, projects of the design forge based near Bergamo can be found in Barcelona, Lampedusa, Marrakech, Reykjavík, and Paris - to name just a few places.
Among them is the Roman 4-star boutique hotel , with its small outdoor space that the brand furnished with "Ikon" tables and "Tribeca" chairs - all in pastel colors to match the hand-painted cloud floor.

To find out more about the project and other exciting outdoor brands, check out the supplement in our summer edition.

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Welcome to the Swiss Alps! This is where chef grew up in the small village of Lohn with its 50 inhabitants and today continues to run her parents' organic farm. The farm "Taratsch" is also the venue for her so-called "Esswahrnehmungen" (food perceptions), which usually take place during the summer and winter seasons. "The idea is that you perceive what you eat. So that you don't just shove it in under your nose. In fine dining, you often don't even think, ‘Okay, now where did this mini carrot or mini corn come from, it's winter, right?’ It's even more extreme when it comes to ocean fish. It's just all high-end processed then, but you don't think much more about it." The Esswahrnehmungen - most recently with the themes ‘Alpine Herbal Power’ and ‘Graubünden in 100 Stories’ - each last around six hours and go far beyond an ordinary visit to the restaurant. "We always also talk about the culture in the Alpine region and tell stories about it. So it's also a bit like a play, not just food."

To find out more about the chef and her craft, check out the WOHN!DESIGN summer edition.

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What prompts one of the best-known manufacturers of yachts and superyachts to become the main sponsor of the Italian pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale? In 2008, had entered into a cooperation with an artist for the first time. Works by the painter and sculptor Gianfranco Pardi were on display aboard the "SL100," a design by Rodolfo Dordoni from Milan. This cooperation became the starting point for further projects with art institutions and galleries. For a few years now there has been a partnership with Art Basel. Sanlorenzo enriches the exhibition venues in Hong Kong, Basel and Miami with special expos curated by Piero Lissoni, the current art director. Collaborations with Citterio Viel, Patricia Urquiola, John Pawson and Christian Liaigre also provided important impetus. To find out more about the plans for this year's Venice Biennale, check out the summer edition of WOHN!DESIGN.

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That innovation and the simplicity of nature can coexist perfectly is demonstrated by this unusual house overlooking Lake Iseo, halfway between Milan and Verona. The architect couple - founder and creative director of the architecture firm and vice president of Moretti Spa - and , managing director of More, built it themselves, for themselves and their three children. It stands in the garden of Moretti's parents, who live just a few steps down the hill, and is surrounded by the family's vineyards. The building pushes the boundaries of design and cleverly solves architectural challenges while appearing to be in perfect balance with its surroundings. In 2017, it was realized in less than six months. And with all the trimmings.

Read more about the project in the WOHN!DESIGN summer issue.

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